Pretty!! Might actually foil the rabbits and the ones with hooves.
I have rail pots on the deck with 4-Seasons lettuce. I get two full regrowths by using ‘pick & come again” and then I clip out the entire plant at the end of the 3rd growth cycle.
I dehydrate the extra per each planting (They are crowded!) I now have a full 8-oz jar of lettuce powder to use over the winter and I should get about that much again from the 2 planters still producing. 1-2 TBS will flavor a “green soup” and a tsp or so will add nutrition to anything.
Whenever it frosts, I’ll bring them in at night and once it’s winter, I will grow them under lights for the duration.
It keeps for several weeks wrapped in paper toweling in Green Bags in the fridge.
I’ve bought one head of lettuce between plantings since April and we eat two large green salads/day plus leaves for sandwiches.
Other than that: save all animal fat and use it.
Save all drippings and use them.
Cook once and eat 3x or more.
I do pick up rotisserie chicken or fried chicken 2x a month when I shop. That is the extent of take-out. Our grocery grinds their excess beef cuts and sells 2-6 4oz patty pkgs pretty cheap...about the same as a pound of ground beef per pound for chuck or sirloin and $6-$7 for 4 prime rib patties. I freeze them individually and we can grab a burger whenever the craving hits without going out.
NO frivolous spending. None. We have invested in alternative power sources this year.